Multiple Choice Quizzes

Try these quizzes to test your understanding.

1. Marketing research could achieve 100% theoretical reliability using a ______.

  1. panel
  2. census
  3. sample

Answer: B

2. Researchers should define the ______ of interest for each study.

  1. population
  2. person
  3. paradigm

Answer: A

3. Sampling is about ______ a sample from a population.

  1. adding
  2. including
  3. selecting

Answer: C

4. Reliability, ______ and validity are key considerations when sampling.

  1. inimitability
  2. uniqueness
  3. replicability

Answer: C

5. A classification like GICS could be used to define a ______.

  1. boundary for research
  2. population of interest
  3. team of researchers

Answer: B

6. A sample frame is a useful tool to ______ a target population.

  1. approximate
  2. assess
  3. assimilate

Answer: A

7. In order to ensure that units (cases) belong to a target population researchers, ______.

  1. flip a coin
  2. ask other experts
  3. use screening

Answer: C

8. A sample should be as ______ as necessary, and as ______ as possible.

  1. large; small
  2. interesting; precise
  3. small; large

Answer: A

9. Ideally, samples for qualitative research should follow the concept of ______.

  1. interpretivism
  2. saturation
  3. sampling

Answer: B

10. The level of certainty that samples actually include the true population parameter is known as ______.

  1. confidence interval
  2. confidence range
  3. confidence level

Answer: C

11. Samples for quantitative research get ______ as the confidence interval increases.

  1. bigger in size
  2. harder to determine
  3. faster to write

Answer: A

12. Longitudinal studies track samples ______.

  1. around the world
  2. over time
  3. in difficult situations

Answer: B

13. Non-probability sampling is based on ______ selection from a target population

  1. systematic
  2. arbitrary
  3. random

Answer: B

14. Snowball sampling can be useful when it is hard to identify ______.

  1. participants (respondents)
  2. target populations
  3. sample frames

Answer: A

15. Simple random sampling is a ______ sampling method.

  1. confusing
  2. non-probability
  3. probability

Answer: C

16. Stratified sampling helps with achieving a reasonable level of ______.

  1. predictability
  2. precision
  3. prestige

Answer: B

17. Many students use the ______ sampling technique.

  1. quota
  2. convenience
  3. cluster

Answer: B

18. Response rates depend on the ______ chosen for a research project.

  1. topic
  2. researcher
  3. target population

Answer: C

19. Sampling is to be considered a fundamental step of the ______ marketing research process.

  1. systematic
  2. stratified
  3. snowballing

Answer: A

20. Generalisability from a sample to a target population is ______ to achieve.

  1. easy
  2. hard
  3. impossible

Answer: B